Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_kadua_flynnii
Kadua flynnii
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About Kadua flynnii
A compact, many-branched shrub with ridged young stems and closely spaced narrow, firm leaves. Strongly ascending veins and raised net veins are conspicuous on both leaf surfaces. Dense clusters carry white-to-greenish-white tubular flowers of two sexual forms; the plants are apparently dioecious. Rounded capsules have enlarged erect calyx lobes and small dark-brown-to-black angular seeds. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Kadua flynnii
- Other names
- Kadua flynnii
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Dioecy is described as apparent. Select one fruiting pistillate form, rather than placing male and female flower anatomies on a single reconstructed plant.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Compact shrubs (2-)3-7.5(-10) dm tall, many-branched; stems glabrous, young stems 4-costate, older stems 2-costate with bark weakly exfoliating.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A compact, many-branched shrub with ridged young stems and closely spaced narrow, firm leaves. Strongly ascending veins and raised net veins are conspicuous on both leaf surfaces. Dense clusters carry white-to-greenish-white tubular flowers of two sexual forms; the plants are apparently dioecious. Rounded capsules have enlarged erect calyx lobes and small dark-brown-to-black angular seeds. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.